Small-arm.



R. H. QUISLING.

SMALL ARM.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I 1809.

Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

Inventor.

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entrain sirars BASMUS nacnnnrn QU'ISLING, or stints-Timon, noawnv.

SMALL-ARM.

Application filed May 1, 1909.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RnsMUs HAonAR'i-n QUISLING, a subject of the King of Norway, residing at Christiania, Norway, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Small-Arms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

- be accomplished by means of an ordinary rifle with the aid of a device that may be readily connected to and detached from a small fire-arm, said device also being capable of use as a bayonet when connected to the rifle and may be carried in the belt in the same manner as a bayonet when not in use.

To these ends the invention consists of a cylinder, the dimensions of which are governed by the size and weight of the projectile for which it is designed, said cylinder having mounted on one end or formed integral therewith, a projecting pointed blade capable of use as a bayonet, while its other end is constructed to embrace the end of the rifle or gun barrel and provided with suitable means for firmly but detachably looking the cylinder to the barrel.

in the accompanying drawing, illustrating my invention, the figure shown is a central longitudinal section of one form of the device.

In said figure, A designates a cylinder preferably made of steel the diameter of a portion of its bore being as usual substantially the same as the diameter of a projectile C shown mounted therein, and the length of said cylinder is suflicient to insure an accurate flight of the projectile.

A bayonet as B is preferably mounted on one end of the cylinder and fixed thereto by means of a ring Z) formed integral with the blade and surrounding the barrel or as will be apparent the cylinder and bayonet may be formed of one piece. The other end of the cylinder is contracted so that its bore Specification of Letters Fatent.

Patented eptu 3t), 1913..

Serial No. 493,280.

is substantially the same as the periphery of the gun barrel designated by the numeral 1.

Any well known construction of bayonet joint may be used to connect the cylinder to the end of the rifle barrel. The connecting means here shown consists in forming a lug 2, on the rifle barrel beneath the usual end sight 3 and forming in the contracted end of the cylinder a longitudinal slot t to receive the sight 3 and directly beneath the slot 4 is a similar slot 5. in the side walls of the latter is pivoted a catch 6 having a hooked end 6 which takes over the rear end of lug 2 and is yieldingly held in place by a spiral spring 7 interposed between the other end of the catch and the cylinder. The catch holds the sight- 3 pressed against the front wall of the slot. 4 forming a tight connection.

Projectiles of the type described have a recess 0 in the rear end, which in connection with the rear wall a of the cylinder and the end of the rifle barrel forms a chamber for an additional charge for driving the projectile, which chamber communicates directly with the bore of the rifle.

In operation the device is connected to the end of the rifle by the means above de scribed and the signaling projectile with its charge inserted in the cylinder. A bulletless cartridge is inserted in the breech of the rifle and fired in the ordinary manner and the tire from said cart-ridge will eX- plode the charge at the end or" the projectile and shoot the latter out of the cylinder. The rifle may be steadied against the shoul der or on the ground it the signaling pro ject-ile is very large.

I claim:

1. In a device for shooting projectiles larger than the bore of a fire-arm, a cylinder having a bore larger than the bore of a fire-arm to receive such a projectile and its driving charge, said cylinder having a reduced end portion to fit over the muzzle of the firearm to detachably connect the cylinder to the muzzle, the rear wall of the cylinder and the rear end of a projectile therein forming a chamber for the reception of said driving charge, said chamber communicating with the bore of the firearm, whereby an exploded charge in the chamber of the firearm will explode said driving charge, said wall acting as an abutment when the driving charge is exploded.

2. In a device for shooting projectiles larger than the bore of a fire-arm, a cylinder having a bore larger than the bore of the fire-arm to receive a projectile having a recess in its rear end, said cylinder having a reduced end portion to fit over the muzzle of the fire-arm to detachably connect the cylinder to the muzzle, said recess cooperating with the rear wall of the cylinder to form an explosion chamber which communicates with the bore of the fire-arm, for the purpose specified.

3. In a device for shooting projectiles larger than the bore of a fire-arm, a cylinder having a bore larger than the bore of the fire-arm to receive a projectile having a recess in its rear end, said cylinder having a reduced end portion to fit over the muzzle of the fire-arm to det-achably connect the cylinder to the muzzle said recess cooperating with the rear wall of the cylinder and the end of the rifle barrel to form an explosion chamber which communicates with the bore of the fire-arm and locking means on said reduced end toefiect said connection, for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RASMUS HAGBARTH QUISLING.

itnesses HENRY BORDEWIOK, NM. ALGER.

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